detachable arm guards on chest protectors

[mattb348]

About 5 days ago I fell off the back of my friends banshee 350 four wheeler doing like 35 MPH and landed on dried clay that was pretty much as hard as pavement. I got slammed into the ground right on my left shoulder so hard that it almost broke my damn shoulder (and this was with a chest protector on).

Now My shoulder hurts like hell when I move it certain ways, and goes all tingly if I move it certain ways as well. That, and theres a huge scab/bruise on the side of my shoulder now too.

My question is this: do you think if I actually would of had my detachable upper arm guards on, would it of helped any? I started using them and it seems to hold down the shoulder gaurds better, and seems like it would keep the side of my shoulder from hitting the ground. I think the reason my shoulder got so smashed was becuase it hit the ground on the side before I rolled over and then my shoulder guard also got beat up. My right shoulder never even felt a thing, and the shoulder guard was scuffed to hell and back; it looks like I flipped on pavement doing like 100 MPH lol! The whole chest protector is pretty scuffed now. It was a nice looking brand new fox airframe; now it looks like it has been through like 100 motocross races LOL!

Anyways, do you guys think the detachable upper arm guards are worth wearing? I don't really wanna hit the ground and cartwheel doing 35MPH again to find out :)

 

[trakkerman]

Any protection is better than no protection.

That being said, I used the upper arm shields on my chest protector for exactly 5 minutes. I ride some tight woods trails and I am pretty wide. I'm always catching my shoulders on tree limbs. It only took 5 minutes to catch a limb and destroy the snap connection for one of the shields. Now I don't wear them and I have bruises and scraps after every ride.

You should get the shoulder/arm X-Rayed. My experience is anything that tingles is usually broken.

 

[dirt bike dave]

The snap-on upper arm guards are mainly for roost protection. I don't think they would offer much if any additional shoulder protection in a serious crash. The little elastic straps are not going to do much to hold the chest protector in position if you start rolling on the ground at high speed.

 

[kwb377]

Arm Guards

I wear mine, but mainly for the extra protection (albeit miniscule) against puncture should I land on something sharp and pointy.